Forget that Redmond has only two years of managing experience and that those came at the Class A level in the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization. The 41-year-old has plenty else in his favor. Among them:

• Most importantly, he is respected and well-liked by the Marlins’ front office and ownership. As we have learned, not all of the organization’s brain trust was enamored with Ozzie Guillen.

As we have seen in the past year, a strong relationship with your bosses is a key to success, certainly more so than managing experience. Mike Matheny and Robin Ventura have worked out fine; Guillen and Bobby Valentine not so much.

The Boston Red Sox brought back John Farrell in large part because the club’s brain trust is comfortable working with him, and Terry Francona’s relationship with the Cleveland Indians’ front office was a factor in his recent hire.

• Redmond was a catcher, and ex-catchers are succeeding all over the majors as managers. All four teams in this year’s LCS, in fact, were managed by former catchers.

Redmond, like the San Francisco Giants’ Bruce Bochy, has what seems to be an added advantage of having been a backup catcher. He spent 13 years in the majors and never played in more than 89 games in a season. For much of his big-league career, Redmond was viewed as one of those players who someday would make a good manager.

He retired as a player following the 2010 season and began managing in 2011, when he was named Midwest League Manager of the Year and tabbed by Baseball America as the game’s best managing prospect. Redmond moved up to the high Class A Dunedin Blue Jays last season and led them to the playoffs.

• Redmond not only is highly regarded by the Marlins, he is familiar with the organization. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the club in 1992 and played for it for 13 years, including six-plus in the minors.